NHER 25649 (Find Spot record) - Dispersed Late Neolithic implement hoard

1986-1989. Fieldwalking.
Surface finds by [1] made at various times (as listed below) in restricted area and considered to represent a plough-disturbed Late Neolithic hoard:
(i) Large (18.5cm long) part-polished flint axe. Undamaged. Stained brown with patches of white patina. Found 5 October 1986. See drawing (S1).
(ii) Thin, finely flaked axe with slight polish restricted to cutting edge. Found 3 June 1989. See drawing (S2).
(iii) Very elegant polished discoidal knife. Thin but dark brown staining. Undamaged. Found 3 June 1989. See drawing (S3).
(iv) Much eroded greenstone axe. Found 24 October 1989. See drawing (S4).
(v) Part perforated macehead of igneous rock. Found November 1989. See drawing (S5).
These discoveries are noted in (S6) and now also recorded on the PAS database.
J. Wymer (NAU) 21 December 1989. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 January 2023.

[1] indicated to A.R. that the Neolithic hoard was found over a long narrow area extending from the findspot as marked almost to the southern boundary of the field. Late Neolithic polished stone axe found in 2005 and recorded under HER 2259 was recovered from within this area.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 June 2008.